April 17, 2020

Henry Oh arrived in Hong Kong in 2005 to write a book about the Hong Kong underworld, he soon found a job via the Web Wednesday networking community and started his career in mobile gaming as Head of Business Development for Hello Kitty!

Fifteen years on, Henry is back in San Francisco, as VP of Operations & Partnerships for Tenjin.io, where he now helps mobile game developers answer the question, "Is my ad campaign ROI positive?" with data insights on downloads and in-game activities.

We managed to cover many topics:

Comparing the speed of reaction to Covid-19 by tech companies in China and the US, looking at the different outcomes between centralised and decentralised models

How San Francisco successfully implemented "Shelter in Place" and why the culture of science and data helped the Silicon Valley and the SF Bay Area to accept the new status quo

The ongoing erosion of civil liberties, with the impact of tracking and surveillance tech on privacy

How the business models of US tech giants, like Facebook and Google, are pushing them to be more proactive about content moderation

The pressure on entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley to reduce their burn, conserve cash and lay people off

How the big players in the mobile gaming world are using their stash of cash for a "land grab" and to increase brand awareness